Man gets 40 months for starting fire during Kenosha protest
A federal judge has sentenced a Racine man to 40 months in prison for starting a fire that destroyed a furniture store during protests over a police shooting in Kenosha in 2020.
Proudfit completes first month with Probst Law
Probst Law Offices added a new attorney to its team last month. Jenna Proudfit joined the firm's Wauwatosa office on May 10, according to the release.
California man gets 5 years for money laundering
A federal judge in Madison has sentenced a California man to five years in prison for his role in a money laundering scheme.
Reinhart’s Eskra elected to Board of Governors
Malinda Eskra, a shareholder with Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren, has been elected to the Board of Governors for the Seventh Circuit Bar Association.
High court limits suing officials over rights violations
The Supreme Court on Wednesday limited when people can sue federal officials for a violation of their rights, siding with the government in a case involving the owner of a notorious inn on the U.S.-Canada border.
Rideout moves practice to Wisconsin, joins Murphy Desmond
Attorney Lane Rideout has joined Murphy Desmond, the firm announced this week.
Michael Best welcomes Valentyn to Madison office
Brett Valentyn has joined the Corporate & Transactional Practice Group at Michael Best & Friedrich's Madison office.
Affidavit: Agents thought they heard shots before firing
Newly unsealed court documents indicate state agents thought they heard shots before they opened fire during a traffic stop that left a Black man wounded.
GOP attorney appointed to elections commission, again
A Republican attorney appointed to the Wisconsin Elections Commission to fill a key vacancy Wednesday won praise both from a Democratic member of the panel and the GOP-hired investigator looking into the 2020 election.
Judge refuses to bar 3 Wisconsin incumbents from 2022 ballot
A federal judge in Milwaukee has dismissed a lawsuit seeking to bar Republican U.S. Reps. Scott Fitzgerald and Tom Tiffany as well as Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson from the 2022 ballot because they supported Donald Trump leading up to the January 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol.
Lawyer loses license over physically assaulting, threatening ex-girlfriend
A criminal-defense attorney is losing his law license after threatening to use former criminal defendants to cause harm to an ex-girlfriend, physically assaulting her, making hundreds of unwanted phone calls to her and threatening to send harmful information to her employer, among other things.
Wisconsin governor asks GOP to repeal dormant abortion ban
Gov. Tony Evers on Wednesday called a special session for the Republican-controlled Legislature to repeal the state's dormant 173-year-old law banning abortion, a move that's more likely to win him political points with his Democratic base in a reelection year than it is to result in a repeal.
Legal News
- Milwaukee County District Attorney, UWM police address Jewish threats
- With GOP convention over, Milwaukee weighs the benefits of hosting political rivals
- Secret Service head resigns as Congress formally investigates
- Milwaukee Police Department issues statement regarding video release policy
- GOP convention sets the stage for the Democratic convention in Chicago, activists and police say
- Survey: Harris has enough delegates to be nominee
- Outside the RNC, small Milwaukee businesses and their regulars tried to salvage a sluggish week
- Biden called to resign immediately after the president announces he won’t seek reelection
- Biden drops out of 2024 presidential race, endorses Harris
- Local PA cops allegedly thought Trump’s would-be assassin was Secret Service
- Biden-Lead Secret Service admits agency denied past requests by Trump’s campaign for tighter security
- Class action filed against Walgreens
Case Digests
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel; Double Jeopardy; Sentencing
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel; Sexual Assault-Prosecutorial Misconduct
- Contract-Negligence
- Criminal Law; Juvenile Law; Discovery
- Family Law; Child Support; Property Division First paragraph(s)
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel- Exclusion of Evidence of Witness Bias
- Postconviction Relief-Sentencing-Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
- 14th Amendment – Due Process
- Criminal-Sentencing Guidelines – Enhancement
- Bankruptcy-Tax
- Civil Rights – 14th Amendment-Jury Instructions
- Contract; Foreclosure and Property